1. What do Paddington Bear pilgrims find when they turn up looking for 32 Windsor Gardens?

   1. A block of council flats

   2. A marmalade shop

   3. A taxidermist’s

   4. A Tesco Express

2. Half a luggage trolley, a monument to the magical platform at London’s King’s Cross station in the Harry Potter books, has become a popular pilgrimage site and photo opportunity for fans. Where in the station can it be found?

   1. Between platforms 9 and 10

   2. Between platforms 4 and 5

   3. Between platforms 1 and 2

   4. None of the above

3. In which of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories do Holmes and Dr Watson begin their tenancy at 221B Baker Street?

   1. The Sign of the Four

   2. A Study in Scarlet

   3. A Scandal in Bohemia

   4. The Hound of the Baskervilles

4. Zadie Smith’s NW features various parts of northwest London. Late in the book, a character walks from Willesden Lane to Hornsey Lane. Roughly how long is this journey?

   1. 100 metres

   2. 5 miles

   3. 15 miles

   4. 1 mile

5. In Arthur Ransome’s Swallowdale, the Swallows and Amazons climb a mountain in the Lake District that they refer to as ‘Kanchenjunga’. What is its real name?

   1. The Old Man of Coniston

   2. Scafell Pike

   3. Grey Friar

   4. Helvellyn

6. In the seventh and final book of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, a severe traffic accident occurs in a real American town. What is its name?

   1. Derry, Oklahoma

   2. Lovell, Maine

   3. Springfield, Illinois

   4. Knoxville, Tennessee

7. In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims meet at the Tabard Inn, located on which High Street?

   1. Brentford

   2. Canterbury

   3. Westminster

   4. Southwark

8. In Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, protagonist Tom Joad journeys to his hometown of Sallisaw, located in which state?

   1. Ohio

   2. Oklahoma

   3. Oregon

   4. Pennsylvania

9. On the first page of Douglas Adams’s Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a young girl comes to a startling realisation about how to make the world a better place while sitting in a cafe in which English town?

   1. Harpenden

   2. Rickmansworth

   3. Tring

   4. Stevenage

10. Orson Welles’ radio dramatisation of The War of the Worlds caused widespread panic during its broadcast in 1938, when listeners believed the events it described were really happening. In HG Wells’s original novel, where does the first Martian cylinder land?

    1. Hyde Park

    2. Green Park

    3. Horsell Common, Woking

    4. Clapham Common

Solutions

1:A, 2:D, 3:B, 4:B, 5:A, 6:B, 7:D, 8:B, 9:B, 10:C

Scores

1. 5 and above.

   Oh dear – perhaps you have your map upside-down? Hit the books and try again.

2. 8 and above.

   Not bad – you’ve just about navigated your way through this one. Still room to improve, though.

3. 10 and above.

   Top marks – excellent! You’ve clearly no need for a satnav.